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A TDWG Task Group developing a vocabulary for expressing whether an organism(s) was encountered dead or alive, and the cause of death, if known.
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Property: underlyingCausesOfDeath #4

Open sophiathirza opened 3 years ago

sophiathirza commented 3 years ago
Definition Any underlying or secondary diseases, conditions or circumstances leading directly to death of the organism
Existing property
Existing class
Existing property identifier
Format Text
Required no
Repeatable no
Constraints none
Examples starvation, injury, shot
Notes Generally intended to be used with a dwc:basisOfRecord of PreservedSpecimen, MaterialSample, or HumanObservation and with the core property vitality and extension property causeOfDeath.
sophiathirza commented 3 years ago

In the June progress meeting, we agreed that we would not recommend a controlled vocabulary for this term.